Dan Andrews, alto saxophone, majored in Studio Music and Jazz Instrumental Performance at the Frost School of Music where he was a Stamps Distinguished Ensemble Scholar and a member of the inaugural Stamps Jazz Quintet, 2013. A high achiever both academically and musically, he studied saxophone with Dale Underwood and Gary Keller, and is a proficient woodwind doubler (flute, clarinet, soprano sax). Originally from Finksburg, Maryland, Andrews had been playing alto saxophone for over ten years before attending Frost. Dan Andrews was named an “Outstanding Soloist” at the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival (2010), and also the “Jazz Soloist” winner in DownBeat magazine’s 34th Annual Student Music Awards in the Undergraduate Outstanding College Performances category (2011). The Stamps Jazz Quintet was also chosen by DownBeat as the Jazz Group winner in the same year and category.